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Interprofessional Collaboration And Interprofessional Education, Marcia R. Gardner Ph.D., Rn, Cpnp, Cpn
Interprofessional Collaboration And Interprofessional Education, Marcia R. Gardner Ph.D., Rn, Cpnp, Cpn
Faculty Works: NUR (2010-2023)
The recent re-affirmation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by the U.S. Supreme Court reassures many of us that we are moving in the direction of better access to health care in the U.S. Whether there is adequate access to the highest quality and safest health care is a different question. What else is needed to grow and solidify quality and safety in health care? The U.S. Institute of Medicine,1,2 emphasized the need for more, and more effective, interprofessional collaboration to achieve improved healthcare quality and safety standards. According to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) expert panel, representing nursing, medicine, …
Family And Child Development Education For Harrisonburg Adolescents, Mollie M. Moran, Jennifer E. Corser, Julia M. Glauber
Family And Child Development Education For Harrisonburg Adolescents, Mollie M. Moran, Jennifer E. Corser, Julia M. Glauber
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The pregnancy rate among 15- to 17-year-old women in Harrisonburg is double Virginia's state rate (Townsend, 2008). While meeting administers and guidance counselors of Harrisonburg High School we learned that Harrisonburg High School views this issue as one that cannot be addressed by teaching abstinence in their public school. They have found that because of cultural beliefs, abstinence is not an effective tool for preventing teenage pregnancy. Instead, HHS teaches their students about safe sexual practices and how to have a healthy pregnancy in the event they were to become pregnant. The high school offers a class called “Child and …
Parental Knowledge Of Shaken Baby Syndrome: Effects Of A High Risk Parent Teaching Program On Incidence Of Abusive Head Trauma, Mujeebat Suleiman
Parental Knowledge Of Shaken Baby Syndrome: Effects Of A High Risk Parent Teaching Program On Incidence Of Abusive Head Trauma, Mujeebat Suleiman
Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this research is to determine if parents and caregivers are educated about SBS, the incidence of SBS decreases. The subjects of this study are parents of newborns born at Pennsylvania Hospital. The experimental group will consist of 50 parents who will receive supplemental information in regards to preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome. The comparison group will consist of 50 parents who will receive no further education from the one received prior to discharge of the hospital. After the study is completed, the experimental group will be compared to the comparison group on the decrease incidence of SBS they …
Self-Management Education In Hispanic Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Gdm), Laura B. Hieronymus
Self-Management Education In Hispanic Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Gdm), Laura B. Hieronymus
DNP Projects
The purpose of this Practice Inquiry Project was to develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management education intervention in a population of Hispanic women at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus within a CenteringPregnancy(R) model of care.
Induced And Spontaneous Labor Education: Evaluation, Knowledge, And Intent To Discuss Options In Pregnant Women, Kathleen Hartzell, Katherine Bartolotta
Induced And Spontaneous Labor Education: Evaluation, Knowledge, And Intent To Discuss Options In Pregnant Women, Kathleen Hartzell, Katherine Bartolotta
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Labor inductions are increasing worldwide, with rates continuing to rise each year. Currently 30% of labors in the United States result from inductions. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of an educational intervention about induced and spontaneous labor on knowledge and intent to discuss options with health providers in pregnant women. This study was guided by the health-belief model which explains that people’s beliefs about how a health care decision may affect their lives affect how they make the decisions. This study was conducted using a quantitative and descriptive design with pre and post paper and …